Great Books for Boys

William Bee's Wonderful World of Tractors and Farm Machines
William Bee
There are no better books for young vehicle fans, and William Bee's new big, lively, information-packed book tells them everything they'll want to know about tractors and the machines that work on our farms. From the smallest tractors – the... Featured in: 5+ readers | 3+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 01/03/2018 Info Extract Buy

The Night Gardener
Terry Fan, Eric Fan
Longlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award February 2017 Debut of the Month This beautiful book demands and repays careful reading. Grimloch Lane is a quiet place and its residents hurry up and down in silence. At night it... Featured in: 5+ readers | 3+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/01/2018 Info Extract Buy

The Day the Crayons Came Home
Drew Daywalt
Longlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award | Shortlisted for the Children's category of the Books are My Bag Readers Awards 2016 Those obstreperous crayons, colourful stars of The Day the Crayons Quit, are back – or at least, they're trying... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Board book | Released 06/04/2017 Info Extract Buy

Pirate Pete and His Smelly Feet
Lucy Rowland
Pirates are always popular subjects for picture books and by ingeniously combining a pirate story with a pair of yucky smelly feet, Mark Chambers and Lucy Rowland have upped the satisfaction levels even higher. Poor Pirate Pete's feet are so... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/04/2017 Info Extract Buy

Lionheart
Richard Collingridge
Longlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award This book comes with a warning: it will make you ROAR! And it will – with excitement, relief and happiness. Nightime and Richard is scared so, clutching his toy Lionheart, he runs out... Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/02/2017 Info Extract Buy

Jamal's Journey
Michael Foreman
Michael Foreman was inspired to create his new picture book on a visit to the Dubai Book Fair, and Jamal the little camel's journey ends in the shining towers and bright colourful market places of the city. But it begins... Featured in: 5+ readers | 3+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 02/02/2017 Info Extract Buy

Danny McGee Drinks the Sea
Andy Stanton
Andy Stanton, that maestro of absurdity, teams up with Neal Layton, an illustrator who also has a direct line to preposterousness, to create a picture book that takes a simple idea and follows it to a superbly irrational logical conclusion.... Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 13/07/2017 Info Extract Buy

The Prince and the Pee
Greg Gormley
The title says it all! Set in a gloriously depicted fairy-tale landscape this clever picture book has lots of fun with a situation that all parents and children will understand. Prince Freddie is enjoying a day off relaxing with a... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/06/2017 Info Extract Buy

Sir Ned and the Nasties
Brett McKee
Written by father and son team Brett and David ‘Elmer' McKee there's the feel of a fable to this picturebook. The Nasties are scaring the King and his people with their terrible caterwauling. Brave young Sir Ned volunteers to sort... Featured in: 5+ readers | 3+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 01/06/2017 Info Extract Buy

I Saw Anaconda
Jane Clarke
Jane Clarke and Emma Dodd have enormous fun reinventing the story of the old woman who swallowed a flea, transposing the setting to the Amazon jungle and replacing the old woman with an anaconda! The list of creatures swallowed is... Featured in: Baby and Toddler | 3+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Building Boy
Ross Montgomery
September 2016 Debut of the Month There's an air of fairy tale in this beautiful and touching picture book, but its foundations are firmly in family relationships. A young boy lives with his grandma, who was an architect. She's old... Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Buy

Mortimer's Picnic
Nick Ward
With clever comic timing this story builds to a surprise ending rather like The Gruffalo. Mortimer is planning a picnic with his best friend Oggy. It's all ready when a note arrives – poor Oggy has a cold and can't... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 28/03/2016 Info Extract Buy

Alfie Outdoors
Shirley Hughes
Standing in his pyjamas in the garden in the morning sunshine, Alfie is an unmistakeable little figure. Shirley Hughes has an extraordinary understanding of children, their world and what matters to them and captures it beautifully in the turn of... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/04/2016 Info Extract Buy

Terry Perkins and His Upside Down Frown
Felix Massie
Terry Perkins is a normal, happy little boy, until he starts to speak, and his words come out upside down. A doctor has the answer – stand Terry on his head. People can understand him now, but it makes Terry... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 03/03/2016 Info Extract Buy

Noah's Noisy Animals
Rebecca Elliott
Rebecca Elliott tells the story of Noah's Ark with extraordinary economy and charm, capturing all the drama and the joy. On chunky board book pages we see two lovely lions, two magnificent monkeys, two brown bears, two pretty parrots, followed... Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Board book | Released 19/02/2016 Info Extract Buy

Jim's Lion
Russell Hoban
Russell Hoban's moving, unflinching tale of a boy who finds bravery during illness is dramatically reimagined in graphic-novel format with new art by Alexis Deacon. Featured in: 3+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 20/03/2015 Info Extract Buy

Bruno and Titch
Sheena Dempsey
Perfect for pet-lovers (and especially guinea pig lovers) everywhere, this funny story of finding a home and a person to care for him is told from the guinea pig's humorous perspective. Features Bruno, a wildly inventive boy, and his new... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 01/08/2014 Info Extract Buy

Harry and the Monster
Sue Mongredien
How can Harry tame the monster who comes to scare him in the night? Luckily first Mum and then dad come up with a clever plan. Suddenly, the monster doesn't seem so scary after all. With a strong domestic setting... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/06/2014 Info Extract Buy

Ug-A-Lug Four Cavemen and a Prehistoric Pencil
Jill Lewis
May 2014 Book of the Month Award-winning Simon Rickerty illustrates this deliciously dotty story. Four cavemen find a pencil and have absolutely no idea what they should do with it. After some discussion and several false starts, the cavemen come... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 24/04/2014 Info Extract Buy

Demolition
Sally Sutton
“Bang! Clang! Crack! Thud! Creak!! Wham! ” The noises of the building site provide a background to this vigorous story of destruction. Perfect for all those who love big machines such as tractors, diggers and cranes as the work they... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Board book | Released 06/03/2014 Info Extract Buy

Hector and the Big Bad Knight
Alex T. Smith
March 2014 Debut of the Month A fun-filled new picture book about the power of good with quirky illustrations from award-winning Alex T. Smith. Boys in particular will love the story of Hector, a tiny little boy with a big,... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/03/2014 Info Extract Buy

We Have Lift-Off!
Sean Taylor
A sophisticated story with an important message lies at the heart of this deliciously entertaining book. The animals on Mr Tanner's farm are in revolt against their farmer's disgusting behaviour; he pollutes the water, cuts down the trees, and makes... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/02/2014 Info Extract Buy

Jack's Mega Machines: Mighty Monster Truck
Alison Ritchie
An exciting new title in the popular series about Jack, a boy with a gift for repairingbig machines. Jack's just fixed up a monster truck and his keen to give it a test drive. The drive turns into an... Featured in: 3+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 27/02/2014 Info Extract Buy

Digger Disaster
Rose Impey
The combination of dinosaurs and diggers will make this completely irresistible to many young children, but there's lots for all readers to enjoy. The Dino Diggers have a hard day's work ahead of them: Mr Ali O'Saurus wants the foundations... Featured in: 5+ readers | 3+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/06/2017 Info Extract Buy

The Book of Me
Adam Frost
This is a scrapbook with a difference. Yes, readers are asked to record the usual information about themselves, from their height to what kind of house they live in to their dream holiday, but it also tests how ambidextrous they... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/04/2017 Info Extract Buy

William Bee's Wonderful World of Trucks
William Bee
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month March 2017 Irresistible for anyone mad about trucks! There's so much to learn about the extraordinary world of trucks and truck-mad William Bee is the man to explain it all. There are steam... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 09/03/2017 Info Extract Buy

Storyworlds: Nature
Thomas Hegbrook
Opening with an exhortation to readers to ‘discover, inquire and wonder', this is another example of the exciting trend in non-fiction for beautifully illustrated, handsomely produced information books for children. Striking wordless scenes of wildlife and plants challenge children to... Featured in: 5+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 07/03/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Giant Rumble Wrestling Trolls: Match Three
Jim Eldridge
Challenged to a Giant Rumble but suffering from a shortfall of wrestlers, Jack and his friends set out to find more participants for their great battle. But what starts... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/09/2014 Info Extract Buy

Dylan's Amazing Dinosaurs - The Stegosaurus
E. T. Harper
Dylan and his dinosaur friend fly off on amazing dinosaur discovery missions to the Land of Living Dinosaurs. This time he has to discover what secret weapon a stegosaurus has. Find out what it is and then act out the... Featured in: 5+ readers | 3+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 11/09/2014 Info Extract Buy

There's a Dragon in My Dinner
Tom Nicoll
February 2016 Debut of the Month Dragons come in all shapes and sizes in children's stories, but the one that Eric finds in a box of beansprouts is small, friendly and lots of fun. Pan is a mini-dragon, lost en... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 11/02/2016 Info Extract Buy

George Pearce and His Huge Massive Ears
Felix Massie
George Pearce has unusually large ears – in fact they're massive! It's not the size of his ears that causes him problems though, but what he uses them for. Because George listens - to everyone - and then tries to... Featured in: 5+ readers | 3+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/08/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Truth According to Arthur
Tim Hopgood
Arthur has a problem with The Truth, though normally they're good friends. You see Arthur has done something he shouldn't have, and rather than come clean about it, he tries to bend, to stretch, cover up and finally just ignore... Featured in: 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 30/06/2016 Info Extract Buy

Would You Rather: Dine with a Dung Beetle or Lunch with a Maggot?
Camilla de le Bedoyere
Would you rather dine with a dung beetle, drink with a mosquito, have supper with a spider or lunch with a maggot? Pick your answer and learn about bugs but be careful what you choose. You could end up eating... Featured in: 5+ readers | 3+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 20/05/2016 Info Extract Buy

Prehistoric Actual Size
Steve Jenkins
As the title makes clear, this fascinating book illustrates prehistoric creatures at actual size or, where the creature was simply too big to fit on the page, a part of the animal at actual size. On the first spread, the... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/04/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Amazing Dinosaur Detectives
Maggie Li
One of our Books of the Year 2016 | May 2016 Book of the Month Attractive, friendly illustrations and an interactive approach make this a fun introduction to dinosaurs. In the company of a group of ‘dinosaur detectives' readers can... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 14/04/2016 Info Extract Buy

My Stinky New School
Rebecca Elliott
Toby's little brother Benjamin goes to nursery and loves it. His big sister Clemmie goes to special school, and she loves it too. But Toby is starting at a new school, and he hates it. He hasn't any friends, doesn't... Featured in: 5+ readers | 3+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 19/02/2016 Info Extract Buy

My Little Book of... Emergency Vehicles
Claudia Martin
There are 60 plus pages of information about different kinds of emergency vehicles in this attractive little book. Fire, police, ambulance and search and rescue vehicles from across the world, including lots in the UK, are included, represented in clear... Featured in: 5+ readers | 3+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 25/01/2016 Info Extract Buy

How Pirates Really Work
Alan Snow
Do pirates really like singing rollicking songs, burying their treasure and parrots? Do they really eat Ship's biscuits with worms and how do they deal with Sea Monsters? From the author of the bestselling How Santa Really Works, Alan... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 10/04/2014 Info Extract Buy

Eddie's Kitchen And How to Make Good Things to Eat
Sarah Garland
One of our Books of the Year 2014 A birthday party needs to be got ready in a hurry! Mum has forgotten that it is Grandad's birthday but luckily Eddie is on hand to help. Eddie loves cooking and he... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/03/2014 Info Extract Buy

Choosing Crumble
Michael Rosen
January 2014 Book of the Month Best-selling Michael Rosen captures the dilemma of any dog choosing a new home – and any home finding a new dog! Terri-Lee goes to the pet shop to choose a dog. But, Crumble isn't... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/01/2014 Info Extract Buy

Race to the Frozen North The Matthew Henson Story
Catherine Johnson
Catherine Johnson celebrates a hero of Arctic discovery whose story had been forgotten for many years largely because of the colour of his skin in this exciting telling of an important true story. Matthew Henson's life at home was so... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/09/2018 Info Extract Buy

Song of the Dolphin Boy
Elizabeth Laird
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month March 2018 Award-winning Elizabeth Laird's touching story about Finn, a misfit boy who is bullied at school, finding peace when he suddenly slips into the sea and finds that he can swim with... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 08/03/2018 Info Extract Buy

The Funniest Dinosaur Joke Book Ever
Joe King
If you're in the market for T Rex titters, sea monster sillies, or Paleo puns (and why wouldn't you be?), then this is the book for you! There are hundreds of dinosaur jokes, and it's definitely a case of the... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/03/2018 Info Extract Buy

Timmy Failure: The Cat Stole My Pants
Stephan Pastis
In a nutshell: Hilarious sleuthing with boy detective and his sidekick polar bear… | A new Timmy Failure book is always a cause for celebration and this is another glorious mix of humour, surrealism, incompetent detection – and chickens. Timmy... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/02/2018 Info Extract Buy

Football Forgery
Barbara Mitchelhill
In a nutshell: comic triumphs and mishaps of a schoolboy detective Schoolboy super-sleuth Damian Drooth is back with a new case: someone is selling forged tickets outside his local football ground and Damian is determined to track down the culprit.... Featured in: 7+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/02/2018 Info Extract Buy

The Goozillas!: Attack on Fungus Fort
Barry Hutchison
In a nutshell: action-packed, slime-filled fun early reader Set inside the world of a computer game, the Goozillas series offers non-stop action, fun characters, and jokes galore (the more cringe-worthy the better as far as fans are concerned), all of... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/01/2018 Info Extract Buy

Danny Dingle's Fantastic Finds: The Metal-Mobile
Angie Lake
In a nutshell: fart-powered non-stop adventure, part book part comic-strip | Danny Dingle and his best friend Percy Mcduff are just normal boys – if normal boys dream of becoming super inventor spies for a gas-powered hero called Metal Face,... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 23/07/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Gold Thief
Justin Fisher
In a nutshell: thrilling adventure in a magical other world | After his adventures in the thrilling Circus of Marvels, all its young hero Ned wants is a quiet life: no chance of that. The mysterious disappearance of tonnes of gold... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/04/2017 Info Extract Buy

Freddie Mole, Lion Tamer
Alexander Mccall Smith
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month March 2017 Freddie Mole is just an ordinary boy who never imagines that he will do anything brave. He certainly never dreams that he would be brave enough to become a lion tamer. But... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 09/03/2017 Info Extract Buy

Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth
Judd Winick
January 2017 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: irresistible adventure story told in words and pictures | Prepare yourselves: children across the country will soon be using a shouted “Aaahh!” as a greeting, followed by hysterical laughter. This... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 29/12/2016 Info Extract Buy

Spynosaur
Guy Bass
In a nutshell: scaled ‘n' tailed super-hero saves the world From a land before time comes a hero for today: meet Spynosaur, he's got the mind of a super-spy, but in the body of a dinosaur (a Deinonychus to be... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 08/09/2016 Info Extract Buy

They Didn't Teach This in Worm School!
Simone Lia
August 2016 Debut of the Month This story of an unusual friendship is exactly the sort of barmy, surreal comedy adventure that reduces young readers to hysterical giggling. Marcus, a worm, strikes up an alliance with Laurence, a nondescript bird, initially... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 04/08/2016 Info Extract Buy

Thimble Monkey Superstar
Jon Blake
Jams Cogan's life changes when his next door neighbours arrive at his family bungalow – or Castle as his dad, a not-terribly successful children's author calls it – with a hamster for them to look after. At least, the neighbours... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 19/05/2016 Info Extract Buy

Spangles McNasty and the Fish of Gold
Steve Webb
To the canon of disgusting, disreputable villains loved by children – the Twits, Mr Gum, Armitage Shanks – can now be added Spangles McNasty and his sidekick Sausage-face Pete. To give you an idea of how nasty Spangles is, his... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/05/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Adventures of Alfie Onion
Vivian French
If you love fairytales – and who couldn't? – you'll love this brand new adventure written by one of our most inventive and entertaining children's authors. Magnifico Onion might be the seventh son of a seventh son but he's been... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/05/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Boy and the Globe
Tony Bradman
Young readers wondering what's so special about Shakespeare as celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of his death get underway would do well to read Tony Bradman's cheerful story of life at the Globe circa 1611. The cast of characters... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/03/2016 Info Extract Buy

The 52-Storey Treehouse
Andy Griffiths
For absurd, anarchic, keep-them-reading comedy adventures, kids can't do better than climb into Andy and Terry's world. If you haven't discovered this series, it stars Andy and Terry and their amazing custom-built treehouse, any child's dream (adult-free) adventure-playground. Whatever they... Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 25/02/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Best Birthday Bike
Chris Hoy
March 2016 Book of the Month For action-packed stories, combining real-life adventure with a touch of magic, Chris Hoy's Flying Fergus series is hard to beat. He's collaborated with accomplished children's author Joanna Nadin, a writer who knows her way... Featured in: 7+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 25/02/2016 Info Extract Buy

Collection of Curiosities: Bugs
Vicky Egan
This handsome information/activity book is packed with bug facts, figures and features. There are lots of beautiful close up images of insects, some very familiar - dragonflies and earthworms – others less so – fireflies, the orchid moth. The illustrations... Featured in: 9+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 22/02/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Long Haul
Jeff Kinney
February 2016 Book of the Month The best-selling Wimpy Kid is off on a family holiday. Mum is full of good ideas about the trip. Especially about how it can be a useful time for learning! From the start everything... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 28/01/2016 Info Extract Buy

My Parents are Driving Me Crazy
Pete Johnson
The ups and downs of would-be comic Louis's life make for highly amusing reading. Ups include first date with his friend/comedy agent Maddy, and forth-coming appearance on a TV talent show; downs are school, Mr Beach in particular, and Dad,... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2015 Info Extract Buy

If Only We Had a Helicopter
Roger Mcgough
Interest Age 7-12 Reading Age 7 Here's a slice of Roger McGough's childhood to entertain young readers, stories of some of the antics he got up to with his friend Midge: adventures with a new puppy; fun days at school;... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/09/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Secret Dog
Joe Friedman
Good dog stories are irresistible and this one has everything that young readers want. Josh is living on a Scottish island with his crofter uncle following the death of his mother. He loves the island and its wildlife, often nursing... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 16/06/2015 Info Extract Buy

A Dog Called Flow
Pippa Goodhart
Shortlisted for the Smarties Prize and the Kathleen Fidler Award. Oliver is struggling at school, and the other children laugh at him. What he really wants is a dog, a dog to love him loyally and uncritically; a dog to... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 28/05/2015 Info Extract Buy

Timmy Failure: The Book You're Not Supposed to Have
Stephan Pastis
In a nutshell: absurd comedy genius | Timmy Failure is the best worst detective in children's fiction, and a wonderful comic creation. In this adventure he's having to ply his trade very surreptitiously indeed – Mum has banned all detective work... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/06/2017 Info Extract Buy

Monster Slayer
Brian Patten
One of our Books of the Year 2016 | Interest Age 7-10 Brian Patten tells the story of the hero Beowulf in vivid, accessible prose; in Barrington Stoke's Little Gems series, aimed at readers of 6 – 8, he chooses... Featured in: 7+ readers | 5+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/02/2016 Info Extract Buy

Zoo Boy
Sophie Thompson
One of our Books of the Year 2016 | Julia Eccleshare's Debut of the Month, February 2016 When Vince turns eight years old he discovers he has the most amazing secret. Although he has always hated animals, which is embarrassing... Featured in: 7+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/02/2016 Info Extract Buy

Hamish and the Neverpeople
Danny Wallace
One of our Books of the Year 2016 | February 2016 Book of the Month Hamish and the Worldstoppers was one of my favourite kids' books of 2015, and the follow up is even better. The world is in danger... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 11/02/2016 Info Extract Buy

Compton Valance Super F.A.R.T.s versus the Master of Time
Matt Brown
Compton Valance and his best friend Bryan Nylon are unlikely heroes, but they managed to create a time machine out of a mouldy cheese sandwich and save the universe from certain destruction. Now the sandwich is safely in a museum,... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/06/2015 Info Extract Buy

Borgon the Axeboy and the Prince's Shadow
Kjartan Poskitt
Hilarious new adventures for Borgon the young barbarian who is determined to make his mark on the world. Borgon is off to watch the Shadow Trials which are widely known to be the most fiercesome challenge in the desert. But,... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/03/2015 Info Extract Buy

Harvey Drew and the Bling Bots
Cas Lester
Harvey Drew is an ordinary eleven-year-old who dreams of great adventures in outer space. The Toxic Spew is an intergalactic waste disposal ship. The two are on a collision... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/10/2014 Info Extract Buy

Beat the Game
James Floyd Kelly
In Beat the Game readers find themselves trapped inside a computer game. They must apply their knowledge of programming and algorithms to make their way safely through. The reader is responsible for how the plot unfolds and if you successfully... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Other book format | Released 07/07/2014 Info Extract Buy

Spies in Disguise: Boy in a Tutu
Kate Scott
A funny, wise-cracking spy story with World Cup memorabilia at its centre - James Bond never had to dress up as a girl!! - packed full of gadgets and super sleuthing and a boy who must dress in a tutu... Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/06/2014 Info Extract Buy

How Harry Riddles Made a Mega-amazing Zombie Movie
Simon Mayle
June 2014 Debut of the Month Harry's an optimistic kid who never gives in but when Harry's dad loses his job he fears his mega-amazing film idea, without any money isn't going to happen. But Harry is resilient and is... Featured in: 9+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/06/2014 Info Extract Buy

The Most Powerful Boy in the Universe
Matt Brown
One of our Books of the Year 2014 - June 2014 Debut of the Month Told at a speed to match the time-travel theme of the story, this is a highly entertaining and wittily illustrated adventure which pays a lot... Featured in: 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/06/2014 Info Extract Buy

Meeting Cezanne
Michael Morpurgo
This is a gentle, evocative story of a young Parisian boy's summer in 1960s rural Provence. This book is beautifully illustrated inside and out by one of France's finest illustrators. Featured in: 7+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/05/2014 Info Extract Buy

Life Stinks!
Peter Bently
Packed with comical characters, battles, puns and poo, this hilarious new series from Peter Bently, a Roald Dahl Funny Prize winner, will be irresistible to boys and girls aged six to eight years. Knightmare, follows the misadventures of a trainee... Featured in: 7+ readers | 5+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/04/2014 Info Extract Buy

Middle School: From Hero to Zero
James Patterson
July 2018 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: the irrepressible Rafe Khatchadorian set loose on the streets of London | No-one knows better than James Patterson how to keep the pages turning and of all his junior heroes... Featured in: 9+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 12/07/2018 Info Extract Buy

Dream Team
Alan Gibbons
With the World Cup coming up, football stories are even more appealing than usual, and Alan Gibbons knows just how to win and hold young readers' attention. There are two halves to the story: interspersed with the tale of youth... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/01/2018 Info Extract Buy

Lucky Break
Rob Stevens
In a nutshell: comic capers deliver sensitive story of grief and recovery Arnold is unlike anyone Leon has ever met before. He's honest to the point of rudeness, takes everything said completely literally, yet still has a way of identifying... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 03/05/2018 Info Extract Buy

Dog Town
Luize Pastore
In a nutshell: quirky and unusual adventure with traces of myth and magic Riga is the setting for this fairy-tale like adventure, and the city is depicted so clearly that it's almost a character in the story. Jacob lives with... Featured in: 9+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 12/04/2018 Info Extract Buy

Jake Atlas and the Hunt for the Feathered God
Rob Lloyd Jones
In a nutshell: page-turning, explosive treasure-hunting adventures Indiana Jones meets Alex Rider in this excellent series. The Atlases are just like any other family, bickering away, with parents generally on one side against Jake and his teenage sister Pandora.... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/03/2018 Info Extract Buy

Jacky Ha-Ha: My Life is a Joke
James Patterson
Spending time with the eponymous Jacky (Ha-Ha because she's both funny and a stammerer) is always great fun and, as ever, there's lots to hold the attention and keep the pages turning in this new book. It's summer 1991 (cue... Featured in: 9+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 22/03/2018 Info Extract Buy

Artie Conan Doyle and the Vanishing Dragon
Robert J. Harris
In a nutshell: enthralling new mysteries for a young Holmes Artie Doyle can't resist the temptation offered by a mysterious invitation to an evening of magic, and, fresh from their adventures solving crimes committed by the creepy Gravediggers Club, he... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 22/03/2018 Info Extract Buy

Only You Can Save Mankind
Terry Pratchett
This is an absolutely cracking whiz-bang of a story. Set in an unreality, that is actually scarily real, it plays with your mind and really, really makes you... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 22/02/2018 Info Extract Buy

Rory Branagan (Detective)
Andrew Clover
April 2018 Debut of the Month | In a nutshell: in his own words, quirky, super-readable saga of a ten-year-old ‘detective' Ten-year-old Rory is pretty satisfied with his life. He lives happily with his mum and brother, and has friends, best... Featured in: 9+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 22/03/2018 Info Extract Buy

The Misadventures of Max Crumbly 2 Middle School Mayhem
Rachel Renee Russell
In a nutshell: wacky humour, thrilling action, nail-biting suspense and cool raps From the creator of the hugely popular Dork Diaries comes this new series starring comic-obsessed, wannabe superhero Max Crumbly. One of the great things about Max is... Featured in: 9+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 08/02/2018 Info Extract Buy

Middle School: Escape to Australia
James Patterson
February 2018 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: Rafe Khatchadorian heads down under In this special episode of the hugely popular Middle School series, Rafe Khatchadorian, surely everyone's favourite reformed troublemaker, has won a special art competition, first... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 08/02/2018 Info Extract Buy

Radio Boy and the Revenge of Grandad
Christian O'Connell
In a nutshell: tune in for more hilarious radio-show action Christian O'Connell follows up his debut with another laugh-out-loud story starring junior radio DJ Spike. Spike, sidekick Artie and producer Holly are happily broadcasting from Spike's garden shed and have... Featured in: 9+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 11/01/2018 Info Extract Buy

The Beautiful Game
Alan Gibbons
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8 | In a nutshell: the highs and lows of our national obsession | Football has the power to excite passions like no other sport. In the words of the great Bill Shankly: ‘Some people... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/04/2017 Info Extract Buy

Spirit of the Jungle
Bear Grylls
In a nutshell: jungle survival in the footsteps of Mowgli | More than 120 years after publication of The Jungle Book, and following the new live action film version, Bear Gryll's adventure story sends a modern boy alone into... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/04/2017 Info Extract Buy

Just Call Me Spaghetti-Hoop Boy
Lara Williamson
March 2017 Book of the Month A touching and amusing story about belonging and the search for an heroic identity. Adam has always known that he was adopted and it never seemed to matter. After all, he loves his mum... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/03/2017 Info Extract Buy

Jake Atlas and the Tomb of the Emerald Snake
Rob Lloyd Jones
In a nutshell: two kids on a death-defying treasure hunt through Egypt's ancient monuments. Adventure stories don't come more action-packed than the exploits of Jake Atlas. As the book opens, the Atlas family are about to fly off to Egypt... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/01/2017 Info Extract Buy

Me and Mister P
Maria Farrer
Shortlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award In a nutshell: an unusual friend makes things better | Arthur is understandably surprised when Mr P turns up at his door expecting to stay: Mr P is a huge polar bear... Featured in: 7+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/01/2017 Info Extract Buy

The Tigerboy
Ted Hughes
Described as Metamorphosis for young readers, this story by Ted Hughes is indeed filled with a sense of transformation, visceral and almost terrifying in its vitality. There's nothing out of the ordinary about Fred, except that he seems to have... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 03/11/2016 Info Extract Buy

How to Update Your Parents
Pete Johnson
This is a hilarious story of dead fish, gorillas with bananas in their ears, poetry, cunning plans and highly legal documents (kind of). Oh and iPads, iPhones and vlogging of course. I'm sitting at home chortling away at How To... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 16/06/2016 Info Extract Buy

Chaos Descends
Shane Hegarty
In a nutshell: monster monster-hunting fun Book three in Shane Hegarty's Darkmouth series serves up another helping of monster battles, with the skilful mix of humour and horror we've come to expect. Finn's 13th birthday is approaching and it... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 28/07/2016 Info Extract Buy

Timmy Failure Sanitized for Your Protection
Stephan Pastis
‘To the best of my knowledge', announces Timmy Failure at the start of this book, in a chapter called Let's Do the Timmy Warp Again, ‘everyone on earth has now read the prior three volumes about my life.' That's one... Featured in: 9+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/07/2016 Info Extract Buy

Scenes from the Epic Life of a Total Genius
Stacey Matson
In a nutshell: the agony and the ecstasy of the pre-teen The return of Arthur Bean, self-proclaimed creative genius and star of one already highly successful diary-based narrative is to be welcomed. Arthur is a rather special voice in fiction... Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/07/2016 Info Extract Buy

Fenn Halflin and the Fearzero
Francesca Armour-Chelu
Julia Eccleshare's Pick of the Month, June 2016 Debut author Francesca Armour-Chelu has created a desperate flooded dystopian world in this fast-paced story of one boy's survival. When Fenn's parents are killed by the vicious Terra Ferma who are determined... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/06/2016 Info Extract Buy

Middle School: Just My Rotten Luck
James Patterson
James Patterson continues to do sterling work turning reluctant readers onto books, and this latest instalment in the ongoing trials of Rafe Khatchadorian will more than satisfy his young fans. Things couldn't look worse for Rafe, he's back at Hills... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/05/2016 Info Extract Buy

Stormbreaker The Graphic Novel
Anthony Horowitz, Antony Johnston
A bold and stylish reissue of the groundbreaking and hugely popular graphic adaptation of Alex Rider's very first mission. Brilliantly visualised, these graphic novel versions of the best-selling stories of boy spy Alex Rider add a fantastic new dimension to... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/01/2016 Info Extract Buy

Simon Thorn and the Wolf's Den
Aimee Carter
February 2016 Debut of the Month Like Harry Potter, Aimée Carter's twisty, original thriller stars a gang of kids with special abilities up against a cast of powerful adults, some of whom are decidedly untrustworthy. Instead of being trainee wizards... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 11/02/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Seal's Fate
Eoin Colfer
Julia Eccleshare's Pick of the Month, November 2015 Children's Laureate of Ireland Eoin Colfer tells a touching story of a young boy trying to live up to his father which means doing something that goes against his nature. Bobby's father... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/10/2015 Info Extract Buy

Lockdown
Peter Jay Black
Another dose of terrific escapist fiction from an author who excels at this kind of gadget-packed high action drama. Jack, Charlie, Obi, Wren and Slink, aka the Urban Outlaws, are still on the trail of Hector, even though that... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 10/09/2015 Info Extract Buy

Danger is Still Everywhere: Beware of the Dog
David O'Doherty
Shortlisted for the Laugh-Out-Loud Book Awards 2016, 9-13 years Category Dr Noel Zone is without doubt the world's greatest dangerologist, and his books are required reading for anyone eager to avoid danger wherever it may lurk and, as we know... Featured in: 9+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/08/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Sons of Scarlatti
John McNally
Meet Finn, shrunk to 9mm tall by his uncle in order to save mankind by stopping a killing machine from wreaking havoc. Full of humour and high action adventure even if its characters are very small. Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 26/02/2015 Info Extract Buy

Charlie Merrick's Misfits in Fouls, Friends, and My World Cup
Dave Cousins
Charlie is the captain of the local youth team, North Star Galaxy. He eats, sleeps, and breathes football. But when Colts steal all of North Star's best players, it's up to Charlie and his friends to save the team... Told... Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/05/2014 Info Extract Buy

House of Robots: Robot Revolution
James Patterson
In a nutshell: super-readable story | robot rumpus at high school | Uh-oh, things are not running smoothly in the Hayes-Rodriguez household, which is highly unusual, because Mum, a robot scientist, has invented a host of machines to ensure it does.... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/10/2017 Info Extract Buy

A Boy Called Hope
Lara Williamson
Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize Best Fiction for 5-12's Award 2015 - March 2014 Debut of the Month A Boy Called Hope is a joyous, heart-breaking and life-affirming story of one boy and his messy, muddled and madcap... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/03/2017 Info Extract Buy

Aidan Abet, Teacher's Pet
Guy Bass
Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8 | In a nutshell: shocking levels of sucking-up in super-readable school story | Aidan Abet works hard at school making sure he stays teacher's pet – it's the best way of ensuring protection from horrible... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/10/2016 Info Extract Buy

Tom's Midnight Garden Graphic Novel
Philippa Pearce
One of our Books of the Year 2016 | Julia Eccleshare's Book of the Month September 2016 Philippa Pearce's classic novel of the 1950s is newly minted for today's readers while retaining its sense of wonder and its ability to... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Buy

Edge of Extinction
Laura Martin
Here's a premise and a half: one hundred plus years ago, hubristic scientists decided to bring dinosaurs back from extinction, a la Jurassic Park. No-one expected that the dinosaurs would also bring a disease deadly to mankind. Now what's left... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 19/05/2016 Info Extract Buy

Shadow Warriors
Chris Bradford
One of our Books of the Year 2016 Deep rivalries, hand to hand fighting, daring raids and surprise revelations, they all feature in this collection of stories about young ninja warrior Taka. Together with his ninja clan he's fighting the... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/01/2016 Info Extract Buy

Memoirs of a Neurotic Zombie
Jeff Norton
With a great twist to it, this is a witty story of growing up and all the complications and unfairness of family and friends that go with it. Adam Meltzer is on an unusual mission. He wants to find out... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 03/09/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Parent Agency
David Baddiel
Winner of the Laugh-Out-Loud Book Awards 2016, 9-13 years Category. A brilliantly funny story about a boy who makes a very rash wish! Barry is not the first boy in the world to say “I wish I had better... Featured in: 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/06/2015 Info Extract Buy

Moone Boy: the Blunder Years
Chris O'Dowd, Nick Vincent Murphy
One of our Books of the Year 2014 Martin Moone- one boy and a load of sisters! That means Martin is always in trouble of one kind or another. What would you do? When Martin asks his friend Padraic for... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 23/04/2015 Info Extract Buy

Kenny Wright Superhero
James Patterson
Kenny Wright is smart, polite, and really good at chess, none of which does anything to impress the kids at his new Middle School, which is one tough place. But when, he's forced to teach one of his regular tormentors... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/05/2015 Info Extract Buy

Demolition Dad
Phil Earle
May 2015 MEGA Book of the Month Jake Biggs's dad works in demolition. All week long he knocks down buildings from the cockpit of his crane, but at weekends he becomes Demolition Man, twenty stone of Man Mountain in a... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/05/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Hangman's Revolution
Eoin Colfer
April 2015 Book of the Month Best-selling Eoin Colfer gives readers a thrilling and action-packed new episode in his series of titles about Chevie Savano, a time travelling FBI agent. Chevie can use her time travel to save the past... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/04/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Book of Storms
Ruth Hatfield
November 2014 Book of the Month Creatively chilling, this debut novel takes the whimsically charming idea of talking to animals and turns it on its head. Eleven year old... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/11/2014 Info Extract Buy

The Name of This Book is Secret
Pseudonymous Bosch
Quirky, original and hugely entertaining, this is a debut novel of fantastical proportions. The first in a secretive series, The Name of this Book is SECRET is accompanied by a website, part of which is in code so important information... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2014 Info Extract Buy

Millions 10th Anniversary Edition
Frank Cottrell Boyce
When a bag stuffed full of money falls out of a train and into their camp, Damian and Anthony are suddenly rich. Very, very rich, to be precise. But, there is a problem. They only have a few days in... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 28/08/2014 Info Extract Buy

Ghosts of the Forest
Steve Backshall
Saving the rain forest! That's the vital mission of Saker and his friend Sinter. The precious forest is being cleared by loggers leaving the wild life at risk. The orang-utans will be especially vulnerable if their precious habit is destroyed.... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 17/07/2014 Info Extract Buy

Operation Sting
Simon Cheshire
Operation Sting is the first book in an exciting, fast-paced and action-packed new series, SWARM full of spying and military action. Aimed at 9+ this will appeal to both boys and girls who are fans of spy adventures and robot... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/05/2014 Info Extract Buy

Granny Samurai and the Brain of Ultimate Doomitude
John Chambers
Granny Samurai is back for a second hilarious and thrilling adventure. And she is still not to be messed with! As before, Samuel Johnson tells the story of his unusual next door neighbour who drives a truck and keeps a... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 03/04/2014 Info Extract Buy

Monkey and Me
David Gilman
Longlisted for the 2015 CILIP Carnegie Medal Although tinged with sadness, this is a good-hearted and entertaining adventure story with a good message about animal rights. Beanie is being treated for leukaemia but, when he comes across a young chimpanzee in... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/02/2014 Info Extract Buy

Ratburger
David Walliams
Winner of the National Book Tokens Children's Book of the Year 2012 Best-selling author David Williams has come up with another cracker of a story in Ratburger. Zoe is a lovely little girl with a terrible life; she... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 13/02/2014 Info Extract Buy

Wild Boy
Rob Lloyd Jones
Shortlisted for The Branford Boase Award 2014 - Shortlisted for the Leeds Book Awards 2014, 9-11 category This is a fiendishly pacy mystery-adventure story for 9+ readers, set in the seamy, smoggy underworld of Victorian London. Dripping with atmosphere and gothic... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/01/2014 Info Extract Buy

A Different Dog
Paul Jennings
In a nutshell: exciting, unusual rescue story set in Australia's dense forest A Different Dog is the story of the special relationship that develops between a boy and a dog and how it saves them both. It's beautifully told in... Featured in: 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/02/2018 Info Extract Buy

Flesh and Blood
Chris Priestley
Interest Age 10+ Reading Age 8 | In a nutshell: creepy war-time horror story | There are all sorts of horrors to be encountered in this thoroughly unsettling wartime story. Evacuees Bill and his sister have returned to London from... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/04/2017 Info Extract Buy

Genesis
Helen Dennis
Genesis is the first novel in a new action-packed series called 'River of Ink' and is full of adventure and mystery. It begins in the heart of London when a mystery teenage boy emerges from the River Thames drenched, distressed and... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 14/01/2016 Info Extract Buy

Eagle Strike Graphic Novel
Anthony Horowitz, Antony Johnston
In this stylish re-issue, Horowitz's world-renowned teen super-spy Alex Rider's fourth mission is turned into a slick, thrilling, fast-paced and stylish graphic adaptation. It brings to life all the adventure, thrills and spills of this bestselling story. Following the triumphant,... Featured in: 9+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/01/2016 Info Extract Buy

Thirteen Chairs
Dave Shelton
A spine-tingling collection of fearful stories, cleverly framed by an equally chilling storytelling device. Twelve story tellers sit around the table leaving one chair empty and one story still to be told. Each lit only by a single candle, one... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 03/09/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Boy Who Drew the Future
Rhian Ivory
Tense, and creepy, there are real thrills in this absorbing story. Noah has a strange and unsettling talent – gift or curse? – his drawings portray events that have not yet happened, but will. It's a talent he needs to... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 17/09/2015 Info Extract Buy

Mel Foster and the Demon Butler
Julia Golding
August 2015 Book of the Month Part superhero story, part Victorian Gothic, Julia Golding's new story is great fun! It begins in the Arctic when Cabin Boy Mel finds something strange trapped in the ice: it's Eve Frankenstein no less,... Featured in: 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 30/07/2015 Info Extract Buy

Gerry Anderson's Gemini Force One, Black Horizon
M. G. Harris
This exciting new series is based on an original idea from Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson. Our hero is Ben Cameron, sixteen years old. His father has been killed in a climbing accident, and the book opens at the funeral, with... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/04/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Crow Talker
Jacob Grey
April 2015 Debut of the Month Caw is an orphan, or might as well be. His parents threw him out aged five and since then he's lived with a family of crows in a local park. He's learnt to understand... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 26/03/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Ravenmaster's Boy
Mary Hoffman
One of Our Books of the Year 2017 | In a nutshell: intrigue and treachery at the Tower of London, and a bird's eye view of the end of Anne Boleyn | Three young people witness the fall and... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/04/2017 Info Extract Buy

Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor
Rick Riordan
November 2016 Book of the Month In a Nutshell: Exhilaratingly entertaining mythological mayhem | Adventure and all-round awesomeness abound in this second book in the Magnus Chase series by Rick Riordan, aka The Undisputed Master of Modern Mythological Makeovers!... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 04/10/2016 Info Extract Buy

Alone
D.J. Brazier
Gosh, this is a full on adventurous tale about hope and survival! Then there's the beautiful friendship between a boy and an otter cub which really gives this story heart and soul. Sam tells his own tale, after the small... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/05/2016 Info Extract Buy

Flyboy
Tom Palmer
One of our Super Readable Books of the Year 2016 | April 2016 Book of the Month | Interest Age 8-12 Reading Age 8+ Tom Palmer's new story starts on a football pitch and then, via a clever bit of ghost story,... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/03/2016 Info Extract Buy

There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom
Louis Sachar
In Holes, best-selling author Louis Sachar showed his understanding and compassion for a group of boys who have got outside the system. In There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, he shows the same sensitivity to Bradley Chalkers, one boy... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 14/01/2016 Info Extract Buy

Light
Michael Grant
Gripping, scary and unputdownable from the first page of the first book in this brilliantly plotted series right through to the last word in this the sixth and final heart-stopping instalment in the bestselling GONE series that really put dystopia... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/05/2015 Info Extract Buy

Russian Roulette
Anthony Horowitz
Bestselling Anthony Horowitz doesn't miss a beat in this thrilling new adventure that links back to his favourite hero, Alex Rider through the terrifying and gripping story of Yassen Gregorovich. Gregorovich is ruthless and calculating; he is a contract killer... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/04/2015 Info Extract Buy

Coram Boy
Jamila Gavin
The harsh realities of 18th century life, of slavery, of prejudice, of tragedy, of corruption, of the haves and the have-nots are woven together incredibly intricately and yet quite simply told too. Rest assured this book will have... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 08/01/2015 Info Extract Buy

A Dark Inheritance
Chris d'Lacey
A whopping adventure with some thrilling chases, heart-racing paranormal moments, unexplained criminal activity, a robot with the unlikely name of Gustav Klimt, a secret enterprise called Unicorne and Michael, a great schoolboy hero, at its heart. When Michael saves a... Featured in: 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/08/2014 Info Extract Buy

Young Sherlock Holmes 7: Stone Cold
Andrew Lane
This is your chance to play a crime solving sleuth alongside one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time, because the clues are there, ready for you to unravel them. Even if you haven't come across Young Sherlock... Featured in: 11+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 11/09/2014 Info Extract Buy

Night Runner
Tim Bowler
August 2014 Book of the Month Award-winning Tim Bowler will set heartbeats racing in this gripping story set in a dark underworld filled with violent men who will stop at nothing to achieve their ends. Zinny's life is bleak enough... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/08/2014 Info Extract Buy

Minecraft: The Official Construction Handbook
Egmont UK Ltd
Shortlisted for The Bookseller's Book of the Year Minecraft is a BAFTA award winning online gaming sensation with over 41 million registered users. There's nothing that can't be built in Minecraft, but with so many possibilities, where do you start?... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers | 9+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 27/03/2014 Info Extract Buy

Skulduggery Pleasant: Last Stand of Dead Men
Derek Landy
Shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Children's Book of the Year An eighth enthralling episode in the gripping story of the very dead, very magical and very funny sleuth commonly known as Skulduggery Pleasant. Always one step ahead of catastrophe, Skulduggery... Featured in: 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 27/03/2014 Info Extract Buy

Rebound
Kwame Alexander
A dynamic slam-dunk of a book in which a boy lost in grief begins to find his feet on the basketball court. Slickly blending stirring verse-form storytelling with ingenious jump-off-the-page comic strip illustrations, this is a poignant, powerful page-turner that... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 05/04/2018 Info Extract Buy

The Private Blog of Joe Cowley: Straight Outta Nerdsville
Ben Davis
In a nutshell: Wimpy Kid meets The Inbetweeners | This is the fourth and sadly the final book in the Private Blog of Joe Cowley series, and Joe will be much missed. In this episode he's in London living with... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/04/2017 Info Extract Buy

Spook's: The Dark Assassin
Joseph Delaney
In a Nutshell: Classically creepy supernatural struggles Exquisitely chilling and brimming with beasts, this third book in the Spooks' Starblade Chronicles series is an utterly enthralling, spine-tingling treat. Tom Ward is now a fully-fledged Spook and, as such, his life... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 05/01/2017 Info Extract Buy

Caged
Theresa Breslin
In a Nutshell: Fighting | Surviving | Treachery | Trust | A powerful contemporary novel set in the shady world of underground cage fighting, from a Carnegie Medal-winning author. After running away to London to escape his mum's bullying boyfriend,... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Haunting of Jessop Rise
Danny Weston
September 2016 Book of the Month In a Nutshell: Historical haunting | Eerie intrigue | Sinister secrets Chilling historical novel in which an orphan becomes entangled in a web of supernatural goings-on and family secrets. It's 1853 and, following the... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/09/2016 Info Extract Buy

Wonderboy
Nicole Burstein
August 2016 Book of the Month | In a nutshell: ways to change the world Joseph is not classic super-hero material: he's asthmatic and rubbish at sports, bullied regularly and nicknamed Wilco because he always complies when someone demands he... Featured in: 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/08/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Penalty
Mal Peet
This is the second novel from Mal Peet that features Paul Faustino, South America's top sports journalist. It's a brilliant thriller, beautifully written and the author's passion for football shines through in the writing. If you're football mad or want... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/04/2016 Info Extract Buy

The Bombs That Brought Us Together
Brian Conaghan
Winner of the Costa Book Awards, Children's Book category, 2016 Charlie's life should be pretty miserable: he lives in Little Town, where everyone spies on everyone else, and the population is caught between their oppressive rulers and violent criminals who... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 21/04/2016 Info Extract Buy

North Face
Matt Dickinson
An adventurous rescue attempt out on the north face of Everest, sits alongside the tale of a Tibetan family as they flee for their lives. ‘North Face' is the second in The Everest Files Series with 18 year old... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 10/03/2016 Info Extract Buy

Dread Eagle
Alex Woolf
October 2014 Book of the Month Steampunk at its best with some fantastical inventions that make the impossible possible. Set in the mid-nineteenth century, war has broken out between France and England as the two mighty powers struggle for global... Featured in: 13+ readers
Format: Hardback | Released 25/09/2014 Info Extract Buy

Light
Michael Grant
Gripping, scary and unputdownable from the first page of the first book in this brilliantly plotted series right through to the last word in this the sixth and final heart-stopping instalment in the bestselling GONE series that really put dystopia... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 27/03/2014 Info Extract Buy

Lie Kill Walk Away
Matt Dickinson
December 2016 Book of the Month A non-stop, action packed, thrilling tale of a race to save humanity from a deadly virus. 15 year old Rebecca Eden and 16 year old Joe Fontana tell their own tales in alternate very... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 06/10/2016 Info Extract Buy

Messenger of Fear
Michael Grant
September 2014 Book of the Month Warning: if you only like lovely, gentle, sweet books, read this at your peril! This is painful, often uncomfortable, yet utterly fascinating… this is quite simply a novel to bury yourself in. Mara finds... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 16/04/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Crossover
Kwame Alexander
Longlisted for the UKLA 2017 Book Award ‘The Crossover' is original and absolutely stunning, both visually and emotionally, it's also an award winner, and deserves to be. First published in the United States in 2014 and described perfectly as a... Featured in: 11+ readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 08/10/2015 Info Extract Buy

Zero Hour
Will Hill
Department 19 is utterly addictive. Packed with great characters and brilliantly plotted, the series sets a new benchmark for YA thrillers. This is book four in the explosive series from bestselling author, Will Hill. if you're looking for a fast-paced... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 01/01/2015 Info Extract Buy

Tape
Steven Camden
This stunning debut novel by acclaimed spoken-word artist Steven Camden tells two stories which take place twenty years apart but which are connected by one old cassette tape. Ryan and Ameliah each tell their story. Both are suffering unhappiness following... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 29/01/2015 Info Extract Buy

The Hunted
Charlie Higson
Best-selling Charlie Higson's sixth title in the ‘The Enemy' series is as thrilling and chilling as its predecessors. In a world in which everyone over fourteen is struck down by a hideous illness which ravages their bodies and turns them... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 04/09/2014 Info Extract Buy

Messenger of Fear
Michael Grant
September 2014 Book of the Month Warning: if you only like lovely, gentle, sweet books, read this at your peril! This is painful, often uncomfortable, yet utterly fascinating… this is quite simply a novel to bury yourself in. Mara finds... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Hardback | Released 28/08/2014 Info Extract Buy

An English Boy in New York
T. S. Easton
In this witty sequel to Boys Don't Knit, knitting champion Ben is invited to the knitting convention in New York City. It should be the dream invitation of... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 07/08/2014 Info Extract Buy

ZOM-B Baby
Darren Shan
Zom-B Baby is the fifth instalment in Darren Shan's epic Zom-B series. In his latest book, the ‘Master of Horror' gives readers relative pause for thought after the break-neck pace of the first four books. How do you know if... Featured in: 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 27/03/2014 Info Extract Buy

Half My Facebook Friends are Ferrets
J. A. Buckle
Humour, technology, friendship, a ferret called Ozzy - this book has got it all. Written in diary format there is plenty here to entertain teens with jokes, music, friendship circles and chaotic family life. Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 30/01/2014 Info Extract Buy

Terror Kid
Benjamin Zephaniah
October 2014 Book of the Month Perceptive, provocative and deeply moving, Benjamin Zephaniah tells a hard hitting story about how dangerous making one simple wrong choice can be. Rico... Featured in: 13+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 28/08/2014 Info Extract Buy

Hostage Three
Nick Lake
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2014 - January 2014 Book of the Month - Shortlisted for the Leeds Book Awards 2014, 14-16 age category A menacing chill is never far below the surface in this gripping young adult novel.... Featured in: 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 02/01/2014 Info Extract Buy

The Wall
William Sutcliffe
Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2014 - Longlisted for the 2013 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize A moving and thought provoking story which will encourage readers to question divisions in society. Joshua lives safely on one side of the Wall. When... Featured in: 13+ readers | 11+ readers | YA readers
Format: Paperback | Released 13/03/2014 Info Extract Buy

Superdad's Day Off
Phil Earle
May 2017 Book of the Month | Interest Age 5-8 | In a nutshell: the best laid plans of mice and supermen …| Stanley is as normal a kid as you can meet, but his dad, well, he's a superhero, Dynamo... Featured in: 5+ readers | 7+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 15/04/2017 Info Extract Buy

Dead Ends
Erin Jade Lange
Shortlisted for the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize Best Fiction for Teens Award 2015 A touching and beautifully observed story about friendship and overcoming family difficulties. An unlikely friendship between A-grade student and violent bully Dane Washington and Billy D,... Featured in: YA readers | 13+ readers
Format: Paperback | Released 03/07/2014 Info Extract Buy